Floyd Cramer
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Biography
[Edit]A distinctive pianist whose unique, slip-note playing style came to typify the pop-oriented Nashville sound of the late '50s and early '60s, session and solo musician Floyd Cramer was born October 27, 1933, in Louisiana. After a childhood spent largely in Arkansas, he returned to his home state in 1951 and began appearing on the radio program The Louisiana Hayride, where he performed with the likes of Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Webb Pierce, and, in his debut, Elvis Presley.
While Cramer cut a few solo sides in 1953, his most important work in the early '50s was as a session musician, where he first met Chet Atkins, who encouraged the pianist to move to Nashville. He did in 1955, rejoining Atkins as the house pianist at RCA Records to begin developing what would ultimately be recognized as the Nashville sound, a style shorn of the elements associated with traditional country and honky tonk instead favoring a more polished, progressive sheen. With Atkins behind the production boards, Cramer began to perfect his unique style of playing, a method not dissimilar to guitar-picking in that he would hit one key and then slide his finger onto the next, creating a blue, lonesome sound. Under Atkins' guidance, Cramer played on hundreds of sessions, including many for Presley, among them "Heartbreak Hotel."
In 1957, Cramer released his own solo debut, That Honky-Tonk Piano, and in the next year scored a minor pop hit with the single "Flip, Flop and Bop." As his solo career was largely secondary in relation to his session work, he recorded his own music sporadically, but in 1960 notched a significant country and pop hit with the self-penned instrumental "Last Date." The follow-up, a cover of Bob Wills' "San Antonio Rose," reached the Top Ten of both charts. He also released an LP a year between 1960 and 1962, starting with Hello Blues and followed by Last Date and I Remember Hank Williams.
From 1965 to 1974, Cramer annually released a Class Of... album, a collection of the year's top hits done in his own inimitable style. In 1971, he also teamed with Atkins and saxophonist Boots Randolph for the album Chet, Floyd and Boots. By 1977, Cramer was exploring modern technology, and on the LP Keyboard Kick Band, he played a number of instruments, including a synthesizer. In 1980, he released his last significant hit, a recording of the theme from the hit TV drama Dallas. Though largely quiet for most of the decade, in 1988 Cramer released three separate albums — Country Gold, Just Me and My Piano!, and Special Songs of Love. He died December 31, 1997.
Title: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Artist: Floyd Cramer
Genre: Jazz, Country, Traditional Pop Music, Smooth Jazz
Title: On the Rebound (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Floyd Cramer
Genre: Jazz, Country, Pop, Smooth Jazz
Collections
Title: 15 Golden Gospel
Title: 17 Golden Gospel
Title: The Very Best of Country Legends
Genre: Country
Title: Old Christmas Card
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: An Instrumental Tribute To Andy Williams
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Essential Classic Country
Genre: Country
Title: Country Christmas Collection
Genre: Country
Title: Lifetime Of Romance - Be My Love (CD2)
Genre: New Romantic, Instrumental
Title: Easy Listening Nights In Autumn
Genre: Instrumental
Title: 500 Song Country Collection (CD 6)
Genre: Country
Title: 500 Song Country Collection (CD 7)
Genre: Country
Title: Candlelight & Roses Volume 3
Genre: Instrumental, Lounge
Title: Nice And Easy Collection - Edition III
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Nice And Easy Collection - Edition VII
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Nice And Easy Collection - Edition XXII
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Nice And Easy Collection - Edition XXIV
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Candlelight & Roses Volume 6
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Nice And Easy Collection - Edition XVIII
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: The Best Of LoungeLegends - April 2013
Genre: Pop, Instrumental, Lounge
Title: Nice And Easy Collection - Edition XXV
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Nice And Easy Collection - Edition IXX
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Nice And Easy Collection - Edition X
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Easy Listening Memories - Edition I
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Candlelight & Roses Volume 7
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Nice And Easy Collection - Edition II
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Easy Listening Memories - Edition II
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Candlelight & Roses Volume 8
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Easy Listening Memories - Edition VI
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Easy Listening Memories - Edition VII
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Candlelight & Roses Volume 10
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Easy Listening Memories - Edition X
Genre: Instrumental
Title: The Best Of LoungeLegends - June 2013
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Easy Listening Memories - Edition XII
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Pink Pumps & Ponytails (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: Those Were The Days (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure... Country (CD2)
Genre: Country
Title: Breaking Bad (Season 5)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: An Education (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Forever Piano
Title: Top 40 - Sixsties (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Instrumental Memories (CD1)
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Great Romantic Piano Favorites (CD3)
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Great Romantic Piano Favorites (CD2)
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Great Romantic Piano Favorites (CD1)
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Happy Days (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Country, Pop
Title: 100 Hits Legends Of Rock'n'Roll (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Intimate Piano: Body & Soul
Title: Intimate Piano: Canadian Sunset
Genre: New Age
Title: Intimate Piano: Moonlight Love
Genre: New Age
Title: Hit History 1960
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1960 Volume 3
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1961 Volume 3
Genre: Pop
Title: American Heartbeat 1960 (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: American Heartbeat 1961 (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Featuring albums
Title: Bluebird's Best Series: The Girl Singer
Artist: Rosemary Clooney
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Flight Of The Intruder (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: BASIL POLEDOURIS
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: American Heartbeat - The '60s (CD3)
Artist: American Heartbeat
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: 101 All (Original Soundtrack) (CD2)
Artist: Rock 'N Roll
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack